Yanwei Lum

Research Interests

• Electrochemical CO2 conversion
• Electroorganic chemistry
• Hydrogen production and storage

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD University of California, Berkeley (2013 — 2018)
• Bachelor of Engineering - BE Imperial College London (2009 — 2012)
• GCE A Levels Raffles Institution (2005 — 2006)
• GCE O Levels St Joseph's Institution (SJI) (2001 — 2004)

Companies

• Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2021)
• Scientist I A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research (2019)
• Postdoctoral Fellow University of Toronto (2018 — 2019)
• Specialist I A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research (2012 — 2013)
• Full-time National Serviceman Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) (2007 — 2008)

Selected Publications

Lum, Y.*; Ager, J. W. Stability of Residual Oxides in Oxide-Derived Copper Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Investigated With 18O Labeling. Angewandte Chemie 2018, 57 (2), 551–554.

Lum, Y.; Cheng, T.; Goddard, W. A.; Ager, J. W. Electrochemical CO Reduction Builds Solvent Water into Oxygenate Products. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140 (30), 9337–9340.

Lum, Y.; Ager, J. W. Evidence for Product-Specific Active Sites on Oxide-Derived Cu Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nature Catalysis 2019, 2 (1), 86–93.

Lum, Y.*; Huang, J. E.#; Wang, Z.; Luo, M.; Nam, D. H.; Leow, W. R.; Chen, B.; Wicks, J.; Li, Y. C.; Wang, Y.; Dinh, C. T.; Li, J.; Zhuang, T. T.; Li, F.; Sham, T. K.; Sinton, D; Sargent, E. H. Tuning OH binding energy enables selective electrochemical oxidation of ethylene to ethylene glycol. Nature Catalysis 2020, 3 (1), 14–22.

Leow, W.; Lum, Y.; Ozden, A.; Wang, Y.; Nam, D. H.; Chen, B.; Wicks, J.; Zhuang, T. T.; Li, F.; Sinton, D.; Sargent, E.H. Chloride-mediated selective electrosynthesis of ethylene and propylene oxides at high current density. Science 2020, 368 (6496), 1228-1233.